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The Mahalla textile strike - interview with Ahmad Badawy 2024-04-03 [LabourStart Podcasts]

Textile workers strike  ActNOW!  2024-03-20 [Solidarity - Eric Lee]

Solidarity with arrested textile workers in Egypt  ActNOW!  2024-03-18 [MENA SN]

Strike by female textile workers followed by repression - support the online campaign  ActNOW!  2024-03-13 [CTUWS]

Woman journalist detained and released on bail 2024-03-12 [IFJ]

Thousands of workers strike for higher wages at Ghazl al-Mahalla factory 2024-02-25 [Mada ]

Egyptian Maritime Workers Union Visit to Kenya 2024-02-25 [COTU]

Independent Egyptian Trade Unions Launches Solidarity of Trade Unions Federation 2023-12-12 [https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid06JoiXBLFJoXm]

Independent Egyptian Trade Unions Launches Solidarity of Trade Unions Federation 2023-12-12 [https://www.ctuws.com/en/content/towards-genuine-representation-]

Letter from Independent Trade Unions of Egypt to the Director General of the ILO 2023-11-14 [CTUWS]

In an interview with the Director of ILO in Cairo: Independent Unions protest the organization’s statement regarding Palestine 2023-11-14 [CTUWS]

Stop the Genocide in Palestine .. an appeal to the international labor movement 2023-10-26 [CTUWS]

Report for the period from 1l4l2022 to 31l8l2023 On the FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO ORGANISE CONVENTION, 1948 (No. 87) EGYPT 2023-09-11 [CTUWS]

London protesters support striking BBC Cairo journalists 2023-08-31 [IFJ]

IFJ stands in solidarity with BBC Cairo journalists 2023-08-27 [IFJ]

Journalist released after four years in pre-trial detention 2023-05-03 [IFJ]

The absent voice of workers: Report of violations against trade union freedoms in 2022 2023-03-15 [CTUWS]

The WFTU participates and addressed the 48th Arab Labor Conference 2022-09-20 [WFTU]

اقرأها بالعربية Avoiding the blacklist: Egyptian labor elections as key to investment 2018-08-02 [Mada Asr]

IFJ supports call from human rights organisations to release all imprisoned journalists 2022-08-03 [IFJ]

Home delivery workers: Toward integration in the formal economy? 2022-07-31 [Ahram]

Dealt “deadly blows” by the regime, freedom of press in Egypt is disappearing 2019-01-25 [Equal Times]

Textile strike clampdown – a sign of repressive times 2017-03-01 [Equal Times]

The Egyptian mothers battling to establish paternity – and rights – for their children 2018-09-21 [Equal Times]

Journalist freed after four years in prison on “false news” charges 2021-02-06 [IFJ]

Fisher nets €20,000 award after being underpaid, overworked - but deficiencies in Irish law persist for migrant workers 2021-11-25 [ITF]

Free at last — but Egypt must change how it treats abandoned seafarers like Captain Kara 2021-07-07 [ITF]

‘I have had to swim to shore every few days to get food and water' – Meet the seafarer trapped on board the MV Aman for four years (and counting) 2021-03-20 [ITF]

Italy accuses Egyptian security of Giulio Regeni's murder 2021-12-02 [Al Jazeera]

IOM awards BWI trade union leader for fighting for migrant workers' rights 2022-02-01 [BWI]

IOM awards BWI trade union leader for fighting for migrant workers' rights 2022-02-04 [BWI]

Egypt's Brutal Crackdown on Workers' Rights 2019-04-03 [CounterPunch]

The army's encroachment on the civilian economy is costing Egyptian workers dearly 2021-02-08 [Equal Times]

The army's encroachment on the civilian economy is costing Egyptian workers dearly 2021-02-14 [Equal Times]

Seafarers' unions welcome Ever Given release 2021-07-10 [ITF]

Key Italian newspaper stands by criticism of Giulio Regeni's supervisor 2017-12-05 [Varsity]

IFJ calls for release of all imprisoned journalists 2022-05-28 [IFJ]

Two women journalists targeted 2022-04-28 [IFJ]

Nile Linen workers suspend strike to protest bonus cuts pending negotiations 2022-04-18 [MadaMasr]

GTUBWW holds general assembly amidst extraordinary challenges 2022-03-14 [BWI]

GTUBWW holds general assembly amidst extraordinary challenges 2022-03-12 [BWI]

Labour in the revolutionary struggle 2022-02-21 [New Frame]

Brussels to host biggest jailer of journalists in Africa 2022-02-17 [IFJ]

Country faces unprecedented labour rights violations 2022-02-09 [MEMO]

Authorities fail to protect striking workers from reprisals 2021-11-25 [Amnesty International]

A dangerous new law in Egypt allows for the dismissal of any public employee who opposes the regime 2021-10-11 [Equal Times]

A dangerous new law in Egypt allows for the dismissal of any public employee who opposes the regime 2021-10-11 [Equal Times]

Health of detained journalist Hisham Fouad deteriorates following hunger strike 2021-08-07 [IFJ]

Razor manufacturer fires 38 workers after strike 2021-08-03 [Mada Masr]

Egypt is one of world's worst 10 countries for workers, ITUC says 2021-07-06 [MEMO]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-04-1882 Charcoal workers on the Suez Canal went on strike, in the first recorded strike in the modern history of the country. [more]

6-04-2008 Textile workers in Mahalla strike, kicking-off the revolution against the Mubarak regime. [more]

21-04-2007 150 garment workers, mostly women, occupied the Mansoura-España textile factory in Egypt against job losses and unpaid wages. The workers held out for 2 months against bosses and the 'official' union, winning concessions. [more]